Investing Profile

Lior Simon(227)

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General Partner at Cyberstarts
cyberstarts.comIsrael
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5 Investors

Connected to Pete Flint (NFX), Guy Katsovich (Fusion VC), Ryan Gilbert (Propel Venture Partners), and 2 other investors on Signal.

Networks Lior is a member of
Sequoia Capital Network
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Sequoia Capital Network
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Current Investing Position
Cyberstarts VC General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
16
Current Fund Size
$374M

Lior Simon is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Lior Simon's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Oasis Security
Series BMar 2026$120M
Series AMay 2024$35M
SeedJan 2024$5M
$200M
Co-investors: Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital), Andrei Brasoveanu (Accel), Douglas Leone (Sequoia Capital)
Gambit Security
Series AFeb 2026$56M
$56M
Vega
Series BDec 2025$120M
Series ASep 2025$60M
SeedJan 2024
$180M
Co-investors: Jordan Segall (Redpoint Ventures), Andrei Brasoveanu (Accel), Erica Brescia (Redpoint Ventures), Gili Raanan (Cyberstarts VC)
Zafran Security
Series CDec 2025$60M
Series UnknownMar 2024$25M
$85M
Co-investors: Douglas Leone (Sequoia Capital), Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital), Rama Sekhar (Norwest Venture Partners)
Cyera
Series EJun 2025$540M
Series CApr 2024$300M
Series BJun 2023$100M
Series AMar 2022$60M
SeedDec 2020$5M
$1.7B
Co-investors: Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital), Douglas Leone (Sequoia Capital), Jordan Segall (Redpoint Ventures), Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), David Schneider (Coatue), Casber Wang (Sapphire Ventures), Guru Chahal (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Gili Raanan (Cyberstarts VC), Philippe Botteri (Accel Partners), Sharin Fisher Dibrov (Fort Ross Ventures), Patrick Backhouse (Greenoaks Capital)
Avalor
SeedJan 2022$5M
$30M
Co-investors: Nowi Kallen (Salesforce Ventures)
Planck
Series AJul 2018$12M
$12M

Lior Simon's Experience

VP & Head of Israel Arbor VenturesPresent
General Partner Cyberstarts VCPresent
Board Member and Seed Investor Avalor Security, a Zscaler CompanyPresent
General Partner CyberstartsPresent
Board Member & Seed Investor CyeraPresent
Board Member and Seed Investor Avalor Security (a Zscaler company)Present
Board Member and Seed Investor Zafran SecurityPresent
Board Member and Seed Investor BlockaidPresent
Board Member and Seed Investor Oasis SecurityPresent
Investor WizPresent
Investor IslandPresent
Investor FireblocksPresent
Investor Transmit SecurityPresent
Investor Noname SecurityPresent
Founding Investor BalancePresent
Investor Skyline AIPresent
Board Member Planck RePresent
Head of Israel @ Arbor Ventures Arbor VenturesPresent
Board Observer HibobPresent
Board Observer StreamRailPresent
Board Observer KonteraPresent
Investor Transmit SecurityPresent
Investor Skyline AIPresent
Board Member PlanckPresent
Head of Israel @ Arbor Ventures Arbor VenturesPresent
Board Observer Kontera Technologies UKPresent
Board Member & Seed Investor VegaPresent
Investor WizPresent
Board Member & Seed Investor Gambit SecurityPresent
Associate Sequoia Capital2015 - 2017
Analyst Sequoia Capital2012 - 2015

Lior Simon's Education

Shenkar College Bachelor of Science (BSc) Industrial Engineering and Management
Shenkar - Engineering. Design. Art. Bachelor of Science (BSc) Industrial Engineering and Management